The Switch is not another Wii U!

[zorg1000]

ps4tw said:

zorg1000 said:

Ya because investors reactions are proof of how successful a product will be, your arguments are getting more and more rediculous.

Yes, Wii U & 3DS are a decline from previous devices and they posted a couple years of losses, however that means nothing going forward. PS3 being a decline from PS2 and Sony losing billions from it was proof that PS4 was going to do poorly, right?

The main goal of business is to be profitable so yes good business decisions and being profitable go hand in hand.

So it makes more sense to exclude 80% of their gaming business when talking about their place in the gaming market? ok buddy, keep telling yourself that.

Its pretty clear what they are doing. In 2014 they spoke about how supporting two seperate hardware lines is getting too difficult and going forward they plan to create a unified platform. They also merged the console & handheld divisions for both hardware & software. 2.5 years later they announced a device with the functionality of a handheld & a console. The only reason they are not positioning it as a 3DS successor right now is because 3DS is still selling and has a decent 2017 lineup.

Its just like "DS is a 3rd pillar and not a replacement to GBA", that was true for about 1.5 years but as GBA sales and software slowed down and DS sales and software increased all of a sudden DS was a successor to GBA.

Are you serious? You're saying we should ignore the people who have millions, if not billions, tied up in shares because "that's ridiculous"?? Clearly you have no idea how the stock market works, and who buys shares as it is literally their job to predict how a company or product will fare in the future. So good going, you got that completely wrong. 

Honestly, I'll just stop there with you because we can't talk about a company's financial performance if you are so unaware of economics you literally think the opposite to how the market operates, and are casually swapping terms such as "financial decisions" with "being profitable" and "good business decisions" without realising they do not at all mean the same thing (Hint: look up what the phrases actually mean). 

You're right, we should stop now because it's clear that you are going to continue moving goalposts.

You: "Nintendo is dead and they are out of touch!!!!"

Me: "They still sold 80 million units of hardware this generation and are one of the biggest software providers in the industry"

You: "Yeah well they are losing money!!!!!"

Me: "This is their third consecutive year of posting a profit and those losses were primarily due to poor decisions like selling hardware at a loss"

You: "Yeah well investors don't think Switch will do good!!!!"

Me: "Investors predictions aren't proof of anything and can be wrong"

You: "Do you even stock market bro?"

Everybody here can see what your agenda is and how ignorant all of your arguments are.